Despite widespread concerns about AI-driven unemployment, a new Brookings and Yale Budget Lab report finds no signs of rapid labor displacement due to AI. Molly Kinder, Martha Gimbel, Joshua Kendall, and Maddie Lee analyzed the change in the occupational mix across the labor market since ChatGPT was first released in 2022, finding that even jobs that are highly “exposed” to generative AI technologies have remained steady.
“While generative AI looks likely to join the ranks of transformative, general purpose technologies, it is too soon to tell how disruptive the technology will be to jobs,” the authors note.
The percent of workers in jobs with high, medium, and low AI “exposure” has remained steady over time.
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